Mycoplasma pneumonia | Radiology Reference Article
2024年9月1日 · Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). It is ‘atypical’ with regard to resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics, paucity of sputum, minimal leukocytosis and rarity of lobar consolidation 10.
Atypical pneumonia | Radiology Reference Article - Radiopaedia.org
2024年12月5日 · Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Staphylococcus aureus are 'typical' pneumonias, however the definition of 'atypical' pneumonia is inconsistent. So-called 'atypical' pneumonias are a significant cause of outbreaks and pandemics.
Atypical pneumonia: mycoplasma | Radiology Case
The chest radiograph shows patchy peribronchial opacities bilaterally suggestive of atypical pneumonia. Given the patient's age and radiographic manifestation, chlamydia and mycoplasma are the likely causative organisms.
Pneumonia (summary) | Radiology Reference Article
2020年4月9日 · chest x-ray. first line investigation; confirm infection; assess severity and complications; CT chest. further assessment of complications; assessment of causes in recurrent (non-resolving) infection; treatment. in most cases, antibiotic therapy is all that is required. this may be oral or intravenous, depending on the severity
Pneumonia | Radiology Reference Article - Radiopaedia.org
2024年5月8日 · Pneumonia ranks 8th as a cause of death in the USA and is the most deadly of the infectious diseases. Poverty, age and access to vaccination and antibiotics are the main causes of global variation. In 2019, 2.5 million people died of ‘clinical’ pneumonia and pneumonia was the leading cause of death for children under 5.
Bacterial pneumonia | Radiology Reference Article - Radiopaedia.org
2024年2月18日 · Chest x-ray and CT are unable to differentiate bacterial pneumonia from non-bacterial pneumonia 6. There is also a large overlap of imaging features with non-pneumonic processes 3 . Bacterial pneumonia characteristically produces focal segmental (i.e. bronchopneumonia ) or lobar pulmonary opacities (i.e. lobar pneumonia ) 4-6 .
Acute interstitial pneumonia | Radiology Reference Article ...
2023年5月2日 · Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP), also known as Hamman-Rich syndrome, is a rapidly progressive non-infectious interstitial lung disease of unknown etiology. It is considered the only acute process among the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias .
Pneumococcal pneumonia | Radiology Reference Article
2024年6月5日 · The clinical presentation of pneumococcal pneumonia includes fever, cough and malaise and may also include chest pain and dyspnea or tachypnea. Pathology. Streptococcus pneumoniae is a Gram positive diplococcus. Over 100 serotypes are recognized and vaccination is available for the more virulent strains.
Chlamydia pneumonia | Radiology Reference Article
2022年2月7日 · Chlamydia pneumonia is a form of atypical pneumonia. Pathology. It is caused by the organism Chlamydophila pneumoniae (a species of Chlamydophila) which is an obligate intracellular bacterium that infects humans. Radiographic features CT chest. Non-specific with overlap of features with pneumonias from other organisms.
Bronchopneumonia | Radiology Reference Article - Radiopaedia.org
2024年7月13日 · Bronchopneumonia, also sometimes known as lobular pneumonia, is a radiological pattern associated with suppurative peribronchiolar inflammation and subsequent patchy consolidation of one or more secondary lobules of a …
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